Rating: PG
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 03/18/2003
Sound: DS
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
Barbarosa is a western starring the unlikely screen team of
Willie Nelson and
Gary Busey.
Nelson is an outlaw,
Busey his country-bumpkin buddy. They decide to ride together, since both are on the run from separate family feuds. Directed by Australian filmmaker
Fred Schepisi, the screenplay for
Barbarosa was written by
William D. Wittliff who would later gain acclaim for his adaptation of
Larry McMurtry's
Lonesome Dove.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide